Journal of American Ethnic History

Aims & Scope

The Journal of American Ethnic History, the official journal of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society, is published quarterly and focuses on the immigrant and ethnic/racial history of the North American people.

Scholars are invited to submit manuscripts on the process of migration (including the old world experience as it relates to migration and group life), adjustment and assimilation, group relations, mobility, politics, culture, race and race relations, group identity, or other topics that illuminate the North American immigrant and ethnic/racial experience.

The editor particularly seeks essays that are interpretive or analytical.

Descriptive papers will be considered only if they present new information.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	0.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.126

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	19

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	26688

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	14

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The Migrations of Arturo Schomburg: On Being <i>Antillano</i>, Negro, and Puerto Rican in New York 1891-1938

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Jesse

• Globalization, Latinization, and the Nuevo New South

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Raymond A.

• The Chinese Exclusion Example: Race, Immigration, and American Gatekeeping, 1882-1924

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Erika

• Becoming "White": Race, Religion and the Foundations of Syrian/Lebanese Ethnicity in the United States

  Citation: 62

  Authors: Sarah

• Queering Mariel: Mediating Cold War Foreign Policy and U.S. Citizenship among Cuba’s Homosexual Exile Community, 1978–1994

  Citation: 61

  Authors: JULIO

• The Diversity Visa Lottery: A Cycle of Unintended Consequences in United States Immigration Policy

  Citation: 35

  Authors: Anna O.

• Defectives in the Land: Disability and American Immigration Policy, 1882-1924

  Citation: 33

  Authors: Douglas C.

• Small Numbers, Great Impact: Mexico and Its Immigrants, 1821–1973

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Jürgen

• Meanings of Citizenship in the U.S. Empire: Puerto Rico, Isabel Gonzalez, and the Supreme Court, 1898 to 1905

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Sam

• Black Immigrants, Perceptions of Difference, and the Abiding Sting of Blackness

  Citation: 24

  Authors: Milton

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